'Mockingjay' tops box office with whopping $82.7M earnings

Washington: Lionsgate's ' The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 1' has topped the box office with whopping 82.7 million dollar earnings in the five-day holiday, including 56.9 million dollars in the weekend.

According to the Hollywood Reporter, 'Penguins of Madagascar' garnered 36 million dollars in five days and the R-rated comedy 'Horrible Bosses 2' earned 23 million dollars, while Disney's Big Hero 6 came in third with 26 million dollars.

Focus Features' Stephen Hawking biopic 'The Theory of Everything' moved up to No. 7 as it expanded nationwide into a total of 802 theaters, grossing 5.1 million dollars for the weekend and 6.4 million for dollars the five days.